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WORKFORCE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JOB SEEKER SERVICES

500 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076

Workforce Santa Cruz County offers specialized programs for young adults (16-24) and adult (18+) job seekers and employees, including members of our community with disabilities, military veterans, and dislocated workers. Our services offer wide range of programs to improve skills, discover career pathways, participate in training, and more: • CalJOBS: CalJOBS is California's online resource to help job seekers navigate the state's workforce services. You can search and apply for jobs, create résumés, find education and training, download the CalJOBS app, and more. • Young Adults: Get help to develop skills, search and apply for jobs, network and connect to community resources. • Dislocated Workers: If you are 18 years or older, access our no-cost services to find a stable job or training for a new career. We can help you figure out what kind of career would be best for you through customized services specific to individuals who have been terminated or laid off, or have received a notice of termination or layoff. • Veterans: Veterans Career Services are available for unemployed and underemployed veterans and their spouses and include access to training, job search and placement assistance, and other supportive services. • Training: Workforce Santa Cruz County provides adult (18+) and youth (16-24) job seekers and employees with access to a wide range of programs to improve skills, discover career pathways, participate in training, and so much more. Eligible youth may co-enroll in both youth and adult programs. Learn more: https://workforcescc.com/job-seekers/

NAMI GRUPO DE APOYO PARA FAMILIAS

No Physical Location
Provides opportunities for family members and friends of people living with mental illness to explore ideas and solutions to the problems they experience dealing with a mental illness in their families or friends. Facilitators are Spanish speaking. Child care may be available.

NAMI PEER CONNECTION SUPPORT GROUPS

No Physical Location
Support group for adults who identify as living with a mental health condition.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Offers a twelve-step program for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships. Also offers meetings several times a week in various locations throughout the county.
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CAMPUS KIDS CONNECTION

401 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA 95073
Campus Kids Connection, Inc. provides quality, on-site child care programs in a safe, fun filled, and enriching environment for a diverse population of families in Santa Cruz County. The program provides a variety of activities for children and assures that each child has an opportunity to practice a broad range of skills.

ATHLETICS

300 La Fonda Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Interscholastic sports throughout the school year. Participation is voluntary and all students are welcome. Most sports seasons do not overlap so that the students themselves can play in several different sports teams during the school year. In some sports coaches must make cuts, while in others, cuts are not necessary. Practice is scheduled every day after school and parents are responsible for transporting their children.
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AVID

300 La Fonda Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is an internationally recognized program designed to prepare students for success in colleges and universities. AVID students enroll in college preparatory classes and in an AVID elective class.
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AVID

425 King Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is an internationally recognized program designed to prepare students for success in colleges and universities. AVID students enroll in college preparatory classes and in an AVID elective class.
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YOUTH SERVICES

925 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Provides daily supervised programs after school and all day during holidays and summer vacations. Full-time professional leadership is supplemented by part-time workers and volunteers. Offers programs in five areas of youth development; education and career development, leadership development, health and life skills, art and sports, and recreation.

EMPLOYMENT & VOCATIONAL SERVICES

30 W Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Provides transitional employment, job training and support services in a community-supported organic garden and related work enterprises. On-the-job training program is up to one year. Each participants works a consistent schedule and must set and work toward goals for shelter, education and/or employment. Offers a lecture series during the growing season and a retail store that sells products from the farm.

WORKPLACE MEDIATION

614 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Conflict in the workplace can cause costly and time-consuming problems that weaken the whole organization. Some of these costs include disrupted workflow, reduced productivity, absenteeism, and lowered motivation and morale. If a workplace conflict is escalating and coworkers are unable to resolve it on their own, CRC's Workplace Mediation Program can help bring about a satisfying solution. Mediation promotes respectful communication and cooperative problem solving in the workplace.

WALL TO BRIDGES PROJECT

614 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Helps to foster family communication during and after incarceration with those in Santa Cruz County. Addresses communication issues between incarcerated individuals and their family members through confidential services. Provides a safe space for clients to discuss the impact incarceration has had on their relationships, and form a plan for the future.

COMMISSION FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

809 Center Street, Room 10, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Offers a variety of programs and events to raise awareness about sexual assault, domestic violence, and harassment. Provides information and referrals to local agencies on matters related to domestic violence.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

5200 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Provides law enforcement, crime investigation, detention and corrections services in Santa Cruz County. Also operates an anonymous crime reporting line 24 hours daily. Also recruits and trains volunteers to provide voluntary work at the sheriff's office. Volunteers are trained to do data entry, take crime reports, and to answer citizen's questions, both on the phone and in the centers.

SMART CHOICES SUMMER PROGRAM

318 Cayuga Street, Suite 209, Salinas, CA 93901

Smart Choices is a summer program for girls entering high school. It inspires girls to make positive life choices about school, relationships, and health. Activities include: • Living on a university campus for a week. • Exploring the campus and getting a feel for college life • Learning about college requirements and how to get a head start • Enjoying fun outdoor activities • Meeting girls from other schools in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz County • Attending fun and interactive workshops that focus on issues of concern to high school girls, including healthy relationships, health, peer pressure, self-image and esteem, healthy eating habits, and more...

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FRIENDLY PEERSUASION PHASE I/ PHASE II

440 Arthur Road, Watsonville, CA 95076
A substance abuse education program for middle school girls, which also prepares them to become facilitators of workshops on this subject for elementary school children. This program approaches drug abuse prevention as a peer issue, using the positive influence of young people modeling healthy behaviors.

HOSPICE TRANSITION & GRIEF PROGRAM

940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Provides hospice care to terminally ill patients at home or in a skilled nursing facility. Grief Support program provides support and counseling to surviving family members and friends. Assists them through the painful period following the death of a loved one. Transitions program provides case management and non-medical supportive services for patients diagnosed with a progressive illness or end-stage disease who are not ready for hospice care. Supportive relationships with patients, caregivers, and family members, Supportive relationships with patients and families, Supportive relationships with patients and families that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, Family support services, Coordinate referrals, data, and care, Referral to other government and social service programs (e.g., for financial, food security, housing, etc.), pediatric hospice with an interdisciplinary team - RN, Social Work, Spiritual Care, Music Therapy.

EVERY WOMAN COUNTS (EWC)

1510 Capitola Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Provides free breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to California's underserved populations.

COUNTY PARK FRIENDS

870 17th Avenue, Ste 2, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Services include: Visiting Field Trips bringing the "Park to School," including 6 school-based units on Forest, Watershed, Ocean/Bay, Ag/Gardening, Fitness, Civic Engagement/Public Art. Each unit is linked to a free guided Activity at Pinto Lake County Park, offered to families through a take-home ParkRx Family challenge.

COUNSELING

411 E Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA

Serves the Pajaro Valley community with a focus on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District(PVUSD) youth and their families offering counseling, substance abuse (drug, alcohol, and tobacco)prevention and intervention, and conflict resolution. Mental health services, substance use disorder services, prevention services, youth leadership development, family-supporting services. Collaborates with police department, public probation and education department, a community-based gang prevention program (BASTA) to provide prevention curriculum, student gang intervention services, school dropout, teacher in service and parent education in PVUSD schools and community.

TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION (TUPE)

Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Supporting districts with tobacco prevention capacity building, healthy kids survey administration, curriculum implementation, parent and community informational webinars, cessation support, restorative practices and other tobacco prevention and intervention supportive services.
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PAJARO VALLEY LOAVES AND FISHES, INC.

150 - 2nd Street, Watsonville, CA 95076
Provides a free hot lunch every weekday. Offers free bags of groceries for those in need. Also offers information and referral for related services such as financial help, shelters and other basic needs.